The Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, will be interviewing candidates to fill a newly-created, tenure-track faculty position in Zoo, Exotic & Wildlife Animal Medicine. Each candidate has been asked to present two (2) thirty-minute seminars; one a topic of their choosing that should be geared toward 3rd year DVM students and aimed at delivering “core” information for veterinary students (i.e., information that a new graduate will need to possess to be successful on Day 1); and the other on their vision for building/expanding an exotic animal practice at the AVC. Our second candidate will be on-campus Thursday and Friday of this week. March 21st & 22nd, 2019 Dr. Sara Gardhouse (OVC ’12) has completed an Exotics, Wildlife & Zoological Medicine internship at WCVM (2013); a Small Animal Rotating Internship at Kansas State (2014) and a Zoological Companion Animals Residency at the University of California-Davis. She is board-certified by the American College of Zoological Medicine and is currently working as a Staff Veterinarian with the Avian & Exotic Medicine Service at the Health Sciences Centre, Ontario Veterinary College. Rabbit Nutrition: The Scoop on Poop, Carrots, Fibre & so Much More Vision for Building/Expanding an Exotic Animal Practice at AVC Thursday, March 21st @ 12:30pm, ‘287N’, AVC Learning Commons Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of the candidate’s CV and letter of application are available by contacting Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca) in the Department of Companion Animals.

Speaker: Logan MacIntyre, Biomedical Sciences Title: Investigations into two separate approaches for microbial natural product discovery: in situ bacterial isolation and fungal co-culture

On March 25th & 26th, 2019, Dr. Benoît Cuq will be interviewing for the open, tenure-track faculty position in small animal internal medicine in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC). Dr. Cuq received his DVM from the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, France (2011); completed several specialty internships (France, St. Hyacinthe & OVC); completed his DVSc at OVC in 2017 and is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Cuq is currently finishing a PhD program at OVC. As part of the interview process, Dr. Cuq has been asked to present two brief seminars; one suitable for 3rd year DVM students and the other a presentation of his research interests. MONDAY, March 25th, 2019 12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre 'C' Treatment & Management of Hypoadrenocorticism Interleukin-17 in Canine Immune-mediated Hemolytic Anemia Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca).

Join us to learn all about how you can travel during your university degree. We have many different options for studying abroad ranging from a week to a year. Best yet, hear from UPEI students about their experience studying abroad!

The 42nd Annual Business Society Luncheon will take place Friday, March 29 at the Confederation Centre of the Arts from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. The keynote address will be given by UPEI Chancellor, the Honourable Catherine Callbeck. For tickets, please use this order form online or reach out to the Business Society. 

Join Senator Peter Harder on Wednesday, March 27 at 2:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building for a public lecture on the importance of Canada's Chamber of "second sober thought" especially to smaller provinces. He will elaborate on how the new independent system actually enhances the voices of the smaller provinces as well as those of minority groups and Indigenous Canadians. He will also discuss the need for a Senate committee to keep a close eye on Senate expenses in the wake of the spending difficulties of the last Parliament. Senator Harder entered the Upper Chamber in April 2016, as the first Independent Senator appointed under a new non-partisan selection process that invites all eligible Canadians to submit applications. He arrived in the Senate with nearly 30 years of experience in the federal public service, and a decade serving as a volunteer in various organizations and as a member of several boards of directors. In the Senate, Senator Harder is tasked with both shepherding government legislation through the Upper Chamber and leading efforts on reform towards a more independent, accountable and transparent institution. The Senator’s visit to Charlottetown is day two of a two-day trip in Atlantic Canada. Earlier on Wednesday, he will visit a local school where students will sing O Canada in Mi’kmaq. Senator Harder meets later in the day with the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI.

Speaker: Matt Saab, AVC Diagnostic Services Title: Antimicrobial Resistance Matt Saab is a candidate for Adjunct and Graduate Faculty in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

We are in the final week of four weeks of our FSDE graduate students presenting their thesis research in three minutes, for the purpose of preparing and practicing clear, concise, and inspired talks. This week we have four 3-minute presentations: "Reducing the cost of floating wind turbine farms using shared mooring lines” Patrick Connolly "The development and scale up of a continuous system for processing tunicates” Charles Terrio “Growing the difficult to grow: Into the design of a microbial growth device” Tartela Alkayyali “A surf and turf approach to bioprinting of neuron cells” Haley Butler Wednesday, March 27, 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM in SDE 212, all are welcomed!

The UPEI Multicultural Choir holds its next rehearsal Wednesday, March 27, 4:30 - 5:30, in SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge. Students, staff, faculty all welcome. The final rehearsal of the term is the following Wednesday, April 3, 4:30 - 5:30, followed by refreshments. Join in sharing voices, songs, and cultures- take a break for relaxation, fun, and camaraderie.

The Climate Research Lab at UPEI is proud to host a lecture by climatologist David Phillips. Phillips will present “Not What Our Grandparents Knew” on Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 pm in room 128A of UPEI’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering Building. All are welcome.